The Respublic of Rossely is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Supreme Consul Jean-Urbain Laporte with an even hand, and remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 4.672 billion Rosselics are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rose. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.6%.

The thriving Rosselic economy, worth 385 trillion denaries a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Pizza Delivery, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 82,609 denaries, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 283,414 per year while the poor average 17,672, a ratio of 16.0 to 1.

Major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, tabloids coo over Supreme Consul Jean-Urbain Laporte's expected child, athletes and street criminals compete for solid steel baseball bats, and designer truncheons are the latest law enforcement fashion craze. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Rossely's national animal is the bald eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Rossely is ranked 236,337^th in the world and 10^th in The Northern Commonwealth for Highest Poor Incomes, with 17,672.7 Standard Monetary Units.